It is often said that a defining feature of our times is that some of the world’s most stable democracies are under growing and unprecedented threat.
As extremist politicians rise to the top levels and waves of disinformation spread at record speed, it’s a time when, after years of taking democratic freedoms for granted, many people are realising those freedoms could just as easily be taken away from them.
As a major new exhibition at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) points out, the road to creating a democratic society is one often paved with a revolutionary fight and is commonly led by ordinary men and women who band together to push for great change.
